Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Hubble At 23

This week marks 23 years of groundbreaking astronomy for the Hubble Space Telescope.  After a rocky start that required a dramatic repair mission by shuttle astronauts, Hubble has been a remarkable success, changing science's view of the universe, and helping to bring the public a new appreciation of the complexity and beauty of Creation.

Hubble is still going strong, too-- still helping to push out the boundaries of human knowledge.  In a few years, funding and fuel will run out on Hubble, but, for a while longer, it should continue to produce world class data.

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